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Devonian wildcat drills in Lea County and Garza region oil finds
Multiple drill results outline exploration activity across Lea County New Mexico and surrounding Texas counties. Reports include Freeport No. 31 in Lea County with Devonian discovery near Levington, Garza County oil from No. 2701-JV-D in Kellys area, and production at No. 1-B Smith Unit in Dawson County. Additional completions note Atlantic Richfield No. 43 H T Boyd in Cochran County and Pan American well at Northwest Mallet Unit in Hockley County with oil and acid treatments. Sterling and Crane County results show further drillstem tests and a Midwest Oil producer at University Block 31 in Crane County.
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Freeport of Co
Mattie Price
Edwards County
Levington
Lea
Apne
W. Frazier
Garza
BTA
Kellys
Post
Garza County
H&tc
Dawson Eldorado Oil & Gas, Inc
Smith
Deanfield
Dawson County
Lamesa
Cochran — Atlantic Richfield Co
H. T. Boyd
San Andres
Cochran County
Oldham County
Teast
Hockley
Pan American Petroleum Corp
Northwest Mallet
Sundown
Hockley County
Sterling
David Falken
Midland
Virginia Wilkinson
Montoya
iSterling City
Sterling County
SPRP
Midwest Oil Corp
University Block 31
Crane
Crane County
Ieneree